Curated curricula

Reading paths

Six curricula through the corpus. Each path orders sources by reading difficulty and dependencies, with prep notes for what each book assumes.

Clinical Lacan

Clinical Lacan Most secondary literature in this corpus is *theoretical* or *cultural-diagnostic* (Žižek, McGowan, Copjec). This path is for readers who want Lacan as a *clinica…
First steps in Žižek

First steps in Žižek Žižek is the most popular living Lacanian, and also the one whose books most reliably confuse first-time readers because each book reads like every other Ži…
Lacan and Marx

Lacan and Marx The Žižek–McGowan–Kornbluh thread. The strongest political register in the corpus, asking how psychoanalytic theory (specifically [[Jouissance]], [[Fantasy]], [[I…
Lacan in 10 hours

Lacan in 10 hours The minimum viable Lacan. The goal is to leave with a working grasp of [[Mirror Stage]], [[Real]], [[Symbolic]], [[Imaginary]], [[Objet petit a]], [[The big Ot…
Toward Seminar XX (Encore)

Toward Seminar XX (*Encore*) [[jacques-lacan-seminar-20-bruce-fink]] is Lacan's most cited and most quoted late seminar — and the one most likely to make you give up if read fir…
What is the Real?

What is the Real? A single-concept path. The [[Real]] is the most cited and most misunderstood Lacanian term, and its meaning *changes* across Lacan's career. This path traces t…